Seward Park

Both the park and the apartments beyond share the Seward Park name

Beekman Rising

My first look at the downtown skyline, from this Lower East Side vantage point, since Beekman Tower was topped off. The tower, which will be the tallest residential building in Manhattan, has become a dominant feature on the skyline.

Winter Skyline

I was photographing an apartment interior yesterday and saw this familiar view out the window. I have lots of pics of the same view - but, I think this is the first time with snow so prominent.

Clinton Street

Most of the north-south streets around here curve to align with the street grid of the rest of Manhattan - with another slight turn at Houston Street. This is Clinton Street between East Broadway and Grand Street. Clinton Street is named for George Clinton, general in the Revolutionary War, governor of New York from 1777-1798 and U.S. vice president from 1804-1812. George was DeWitt Clinton's uncle.

Kozy Korner

Kozy Korner (or was it Cozy Corner?) is not the name of the convenience store that's there today. But, most of use long-time Grand Street east-enders still call the 24-Hr. convenience store and the corner on which it sits (really a triangle point formed by the intersection of Madison and Grand Streets), "Kozy Korner" - the name of the original store which occupied that spot since the late 50s. In its day, it was THE place to hang out in the 'hood.

Downtown NYC skyline as seen from the Lower East Side (Broome Street & Columbia Street

Looking towards the eastern end of Grand Street, on the Lower East Side.

A view of the old Forward Building rising above the treetops of Seward Park on the Lower East Side (I posted a closeup of the entrance a few weeks ago). This building is the former home of the Jewish Daily Forward newspaper. This week it gained notoriety as the home of actress Tatum O'Neal, who had a scuffle with the law around the corner from here. No, I don't know which (if any) of these are Tatum's windows. And, no, I don't live in the apartment from which this photo was taken.